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	<h1>Button Control: Using A Menu Button To Replace A &#60;select&#62; Element</h1>
	
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This example illustrates how to use Button to mimic the behavior of an 
HTML <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element.
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	<script type="text/javascript">

	YAHOO.util.Event.onDOMReady(function () {
	
		var Button = YAHOO.widget.Button;
	

		//	"render" event handler for a Button's Menu - responsible for setting
		//	 the default value for the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute.

		var onMenuRender = function (type, args, button) {

			button.set("selectedMenuItem", this.getItem(0));

		};


		//	"selectedMenuItemChange" event handler for a Button that will set 
		//	the Button's "label" attribute to the value of the "text" 
		//	configuration property of the MenuItem that was clicked.

		var onSelectedMenuItemChange = function (event) {

			var oMenuItem = event.newValue;

			this.set("label", ("<em class=\"yui-button-label\">" + 
						oMenuItem.cfg.getProperty("text") + "</em>"));

		};


		//	"submit" event handler for a Button's parent form - repsonsible for 
		//	rendering a Menu that was to be lazy loaded, but never clicked on, 
		//	and therefore never rendered.

		var onFormSubmit = function (event, button) {

			var oMenuItem = button.get("selectedMenuItem"),
				UA = YAHOO.env.ua,
				oEvent,
				oMenu;
			
			if (!oMenuItem) {

				//	Pause submission of the form until the Button's Menu 
				//	is rendered
				YAHOO.util.Event.preventDefault(event);

				oMenu = button.getMenu();

				oMenu.addItems(oMenu.itemData);

				oMenu.subscribe("render", function () {

					var bSubmitForm;

					if (UA.ie) {
						bSubmitForm = this.fireEvent("onsubmit");
					}
					else {  // Gecko, Opera, and Safari
			
						oEvent = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
						oEvent.initEvent("submit", true, true);
						bSubmitForm = this.dispatchEvent(oEvent);
			
					}

					//	In IE and Safari, dispatching a "submit" event to a form 
					//	WILL cause the form's "submit" event to fire, but WILL  
					//	NOT submit the form.  Therefore, we need to call the 
					//	"submit" method as well.
				  
					if ((UA.ie || UA.webkit) && bSubmitForm) {
						this.submit();
					}

				}, this, true);

				oMenu.render(oMenu.cfg.getProperty("container"));

			}
		
		};


		var oMenuButton1 = new Button({ 
							id: "menubutton-1", 
							name: "menubutton-1",
							label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
							type: "menu",  
							menu: "select-1", 
							container: "select-1-container"
		});

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton1.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);
		


		var oMenuButton2 = new Button({ 
							id: "menubutton-2", 
							name: "menubutton-2",
							label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
							type: "menu",
							lazyloadmenu: false,
							menu: "select-2", 
							container: "select-2-container"
		});			

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton2.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);


		var aMenuButton3MenuData = [
			{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-3-1" },
			{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-3-2" },
			{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-3-3" }
		];

		var oMenuButton3 = new Button({ 
								id: "menubutton-3", 
								name: "menubutton-3",
								label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
								type: "menu",  
								menu: aMenuButton3MenuData, 
								container: "menubutton-3-container" });

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton3.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);

		oMenuButton3.on("appendTo", function () {

			var oMenu = this.getMenu();

			//	If a Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is set, the selected 
			//	MenuItem's name and value will be part of the form's data set 
			//	when its parent form is submitted.  For Buttons with Menus built
			//	entirely from script, the "selectedMenuItem" property is not 
			//	set by default.  To set the "selectedMenuItem" to a default 
			//	value, simply register a "render" event handler for the Button's
			//	Menu that sets the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute to the
			//	desired item in the Menu.

			oMenu.subscribe("render", onMenuRender, this);
			

			//	The items in a Button's Menu are lazy loaded by default: loaded 
			//	when the Button is initially clicked.  If the user never clicks 
			//	on the Button, its Menu will never be rendered, meaning the 
			//	"render" event handler registered above will never be called, 
			//	and the default value for the Button's "selectMenuItem"
			//	attribute will never be set.  Therefore, add a "submit" event 
			//	handler to the Button's parent form that will render the Menu 
			//	if the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is not set.

			YAHOO.util.Event.on(this.getForm(), "submit", onFormSubmit, this);

		});



		var aMenuButton4MenuData = [
			{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-4-1" },
			{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-4-2" },
			{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-4-3" }
		];

		var oMenuButton4 = new Button({ 
								id: "menubutton-4", 
								name: "menubutton-4",
								label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
								type: "menu",  
								lazyloadmenu: false,
								menu: aMenuButton4MenuData, 
								container: "menubutton-4-container" });

		var oMenuButton4Menu = oMenuButton4.getMenu();


		//	If a Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is set, the selected 
		//	MenuItem's name and value will be part of the form's data set 
		//	when its parent form is submitted.  For Buttons with Menus built 
		//	entirely from script, the "selectedMenuItem" property is not set by 
		//	default.  To set the "selectedMenuItem" to a default value, simply 
		//	register a "render" event handler for the Button's Menu that sets 
		//	the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute to the desired item in 
		//	the Menu.

		oMenuButton4Menu.subscribe("render", onMenuRender, oMenuButton4);

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton4.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);



		var oMenuButton5 = new Button({ 
							id: "menubutton-5", 
							name: "menubutton-5",
							label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">None</em>",
							type: "menu",  
							menu: "select-3", 
							container: "select-3-container" });

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton5.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);
							

		var oMenuButton6 = new Button({ 
							id: "menubutton-6", 
							name: "menubutton-6",
							label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">None</em>",
							type: "menu",
							lazyloadmenu: false,
							menu: "select-4", 
							container: "select-4-container" });

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton6.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);

		var aMenuButton7MenuData = [
			"None",			
			{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-7-1" },
			{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-7-2" },
			{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-7-3" }
		];

		var oMenuButton7 = new Button({ 
								id: "menubutton-7", 
								name: "menubutton-7",
								label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">None</em>",
								type: "menu",  
								menu: aMenuButton7MenuData, 
								container: "menubutton-7-container" });

		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton7.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);


		var aMenuButton8MenuData = [
			"None",
			{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-8-1" },
			{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-8-2" },
			{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-8-3" }
		];

		var oMenuButton8 = new Button({ 
								id: "menubutton-8", 
								name: "menubutton-8",
								label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">None</em>",
								type: "menu", 
								lazyloadmenu: false,
								menu: aMenuButton8MenuData, 
								container: "menubutton-8-container" });


		//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
		//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

		oMenuButton8.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);

	});

</script>



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	<fieldset>
		<legend>With A Default Value</legend>

		<fieldset>
			<legend>Using Existing Markup</legend>

			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load on</legend>

				<label id="select-1-container">
					Choose a value: 
					<select id="select-1" name="select-1">
						<option value="select-1-1" selected>Option 1</option>
						<option value="select-1-2">Option 2</option>
						<option value="select-1-3">Option 3</option>			
					</select>
				</label>

			</fieldset>

			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load off</legend>
				<label id="select-2-container">
					Choose a value: 
					<select id="select-2" name="select-2">
						<option value="select-2-1" selected>Option 1</option>
						<option value="select-2-2">Option 2</option>
						<option value="select-2-3">Option 3</option>			
					</select>
				</label>
			</fieldset>

		</fieldset>

		<fieldset>
			<legend>Without Existing Markup</legend>

			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load on</legend>
				<label id="menubutton-3-container">Choose a value: </label>
			</fieldset>

			<fieldset>				
				<legend>Lazy load off</legend>
				<label id="menubutton-4-container">Choose a value: </label>
			</fieldset>

		</fieldset>

	</fieldset>

	<fieldset>
		<legend>Without A Default Value</legend>

		<fieldset>
			<legend>Using Existing Markup</legend>

			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load on</legend>
				<label id="select-3-container">
					Choose a value:
					<select id="select-3" name="select-3">
						<option value="">None</option>
						<option value="select-3-1">Option 1</option>
						<option value="select-3-2">Option 2</option>
						<option value="select-3-3">Option 3</option>			
					</select>
				</label>
			</fieldset>

			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load off</legend>
				<label id="select-4-container">
					Choose a value
					<select id="select-4" name="select-4">
						<option value="">None</option>
						<option value="select-4-1">Option 1</option>
						<option value="select-4-2">Option 2</option>
						<option value="select-4-3">Option 3</option>			
					</select>
				</label>
			</fieldset>

		</fieldset>


		<fieldset>
			<legend>Without Existing Markup</legend>
			
			<fieldset>
				<legend>Lazy load on</legend>
				<label id="menubutton-7-container">Choose a value: </label>
			</fieldset>

			<fieldset>				
				<legend>Lazy load off</legend>
				<label id="menubutton-8-container">Choose a value: </label>
			</fieldset>				
			
		</fieldset>

	</fieldset>

	<div>
		<input type="submit" id="submit-button" name="submit-button" value="Submit Form">
	</div>
	
</form>
	
	<!--END SOURCE CODE FOR EXAMPLE =============================== -->
	
		
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	</div>			
	</div>
		
	<p>
By including the <a href="/yui/menu/">Menu family of controls</a>, it is 
possible to create menu buttons that mimic the behavior of HTML 
<code>&#60;select&#62;</code> elements.
</p>

<h2>Basic Setup</h2>
<p>
Menu buttons can either replace existing <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> elements 
or can be created completely from script.
</p>

<h3>Using Existing Markup</h3>
<p>
To replace an existing <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element with a menu button,
simply set the Button's <code>menu</code> attribute to the id of the 
<code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element using an object literal passed to the 
Button's constructor.  In this example, the following snippets of HTML and 
JavaScript are used to transform the first <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element
into a menu button.
</p>
<textarea name="code" class="HTML" cols="60" rows="1">
<select id="select-1" name="select-1">
	<option value="select-1-1" selected>Option 1</option>
	<option value="select-1-2">Option 2</option>
	<option value="select-1-3">Option 3</option>			
</select>
</textarea>
<textarea name="code" class="JScript" cols="60" rows="1">
var oMenuButton1 = new Button({ 
					id: "menubutton-1", 
					name: "menubutton-1",
					label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
					type: "menu",  
					menu: "select-1", 
					container: "select-1-container"
});
</textarea>

<h3>Without Existing Markup</h3>
<p>
To create a menu button without existing markup, simply set the <code>menu</code> 
configuration property to an array of 
<a href="../../docs/YAHOO.widget.MenuItem.html#configList">MenuItem configuration 
properties</a>, as illustrated by the code used to create the third menu 
button in this example:
</p>
<textarea name="code" class="JScript" cols="60" rows="1">
var aMenuButton3MenuData = [
	{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-3-1" },
	{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-3-2" },
	{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-3-3" }
];

var oMenuButton3 = new Button({ 
						id: "menubutton-3", 
						name: "menubutton-3",
						label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
						type: "menu",  
						menu: aMenuButton3MenuData, 
						container: "menubutton-3-container" });
</textarea>


<h2><code>&#60;select&#62;</code> Behavior &#38; Style Customizations</h2>
<p>
To mimic the behavior of an HTML <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element, the 
label of the Button needs to reflect the currently selected MenuItem in the 
Button's Menu.  To update the Button's <code>label</code> attribute when the 
user clicks on a MenuItem, simply register a listener for the Button's 
<code>selectedMenuItemChange</code> event that sets the value of the 
Button's <code>label</code> attribute to the value of the <code>text</code> 
configuration property of the selected MenuItem instance.  The following 
example illustrates how a <code>selectedMenuItemChange</code> event listener 
is added to the first Button in this example.
</p>
<textarea name="code" class="JScript" cols="60" rows="1">
//	"selectedMenuItemChange" event handler for a Button that will set 
//	the Button's "label" attribute to the value of the "text" 
//	configuration property of the MenuItem that was clicked.

var onSelectedMenuItemChange = function (event) {

	var oMenuItem = event.newValue;

	this.set("label", ("<em class=\"yui-button-label\">" + 
				oMenuItem.cfg.getProperty("text") + "</em>"));

};

//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

oMenuButton1.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);
</textarea>

<p>
It is also necessary to customize the style of the menu button, to indicate 
the currently selected item in each Button's menu.  When the value of the 
Button's <code>selectedMenuItem</code> attribute changes, Button adds a class 
named "yui-button-selectedmenuitem" to the <code>&#60;li&#62;</code> element of 
the currently selected MenuItem.  This class can be used to provide a custom 
style to the currently selected MenuItem in a Button's Menu.  In this example,
a Button's currently selected MenuItem is rendered with a check mark to the 
left of its text label.
</p>
<p>
In addition to styling a Button's selected MenuItem, the label of each Button 
in this example is set to a fixed width.  This is is accomplished by wrapping 
the text label of each Button in an <code>&#60;em&#62;</code> tag and setting 
the <code>&#60;em&#62;</code>'s <code>width</code> property to <code>5em</code>, 
and the <code>overflow</code> property to <code>hidden</code>.
</p>
<textarea name="code" class="CSS" cols="60" rows="1">
.yui-menu-button em.yui-button-label {

	font-style: normal;
	display: block;
	text-align: left;
	white-space: nowrap;

	/*  Restrict the width of the label to 5em. */
	width: 5em;

	/* Hide the overflow if the text label exceeds 5em in width. */
	overflow: hidden;

	/* 
		IE, Safari and Opera support the ability to add ellipsis when the text 
		label exceeds 10em in width.
	*/
	text-overflow: ellipsis;
	-o-text-overflow: ellipsis;

}

li.yui-button-selectedmenuitem {
	background: url(../button/assets/checkbox.png) left center no-repeat;
}
</textarea>


<h2>Creating Menu Buttons With A Default Value</h2>
<p>
In HTML, it is possible to specify a default value for a 
<code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element by applying the <code>selected</code> 
attribute to one of the <code>&#60;select&#62;</code>'s 
<code>&#60;option&#62;</code> elements.  If a menu button is replacing an 
existing <code>&#60;select&#62;</code> element, the default value will 
automatically be interpreted from the <code>&#60;select&#62;</code>'s 
<code>&#60;option&#62;</code> elements.
</p>
<p>
If a default value is desired for a menu button built completely from script, 
it is necessary to specify the default value by setting the 
<code>selectedMenuItem</code> attribute.  The following code illustrates how 
a default value was specified for the the fourth Button in this example.
</p>
<textarea name="code" class="JScript" cols="60" rows="1">
var aMenuButton4MenuData = [
	{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-4-1" },
	{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-4-2" },
	{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-4-3" }
];

var oMenuButton4 = new Button({ 
						id: "menubutton-4", 
						name: "menubutton-4",
						label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
						type: "menu",  
						lazyloadmenu: false,
						menu: aMenuButton4MenuData, 
						container: "menubutton-4-container" });

var oMenuButton4Menu = oMenuButton4.getMenu();


//	"render" event handler for a Button's Menu - responsible for setting
//	 the default value for the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute.

var onMenuRender = function (type, args, button) {

	button.set("selectedMenuItem", this.getItem(0));

};

//	If a Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is set, the selected 
//	MenuItem's name and value will be part of the form's data set 
//	when its parent form is submitted.  For Buttons with Menus built 
//	entirely from script, the "selectedMenuItem" property is not set by 
//	default.  To set the "selectedMenuItem" to a default value, simply 
//	register a "render" event handler for the Button's Menu that sets 
//	the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute to the desired item in 
//	the Menu.

oMenuButton4Menu.subscribe("render", onMenuRender, oMenuButton4);
</textarea>

<p>
For performance, a Button's Menu is lazy loaded by default &#151; the MenuItems 
are initialized and the Menu's HTML is rendered to the page the first time the 
Button is clicked.  If the user <em>never</em> clicks on the Button, its Menu 
will never be rendered, meaning the <code>render</code> event handler used to 
set the default value of the <code>selectedMenuItem</code> attribute will never 
be called.  In such cases it is necessary to add a <code>submit</code> event 
handler to the Button's parent form that will render the Menu if the Button's 
<code>selectedMenuItem</code> attribute is not set.  The following code 
illustrates how a <code>submit</code> event handler is added to the parent
form of the third button in this example.
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//	"render" event handler for a Button's Menu - responsible for setting
//	 the default value for the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute.

var onMenuRender = function (type, args, button) {

	button.set("selectedMenuItem", this.getItem(0));

};


//	"selectedMenuItemChange" event handler for a Button that will set 
//	the Button's "label" attribute to the value of the "text" 
//	configuration property of the MenuItem that was clicked.

var onSelectedMenuItemChange = function (event) {

	var oMenuItem = event.newValue;

	this.set("label", ("<em class=\"yui-button-label\">" + 
				oMenuItem.cfg.getProperty("text") + "</em>"));

};


//	"submit" event handler for a Button's parent form - repsonsible for 
//	rendering a Menu that was to be lazy loaded, but never clicked on, 
//	and therefore never rendered.

var onFormSubmit = function (event, button) {

	var oMenuItem = button.get("selectedMenuItem"),
		UA = YAHOO.env.ua,
		oEvent,
		oMenu;
	
	if (!oMenuItem) {

		//	Pause submission of the form until the Button's Menu 
		//	is rendered
		YAHOO.util.Event.preventDefault(event);

		oMenu = button.getMenu();

		oMenu.addItems(oMenu.itemData);

		oMenu.subscribe("render", function () {

			var bSubmitForm;

			if (UA.ie) {
				bSubmitForm = this.fireEvent("onsubmit");
			}
			else {  // Gecko, Opera, and Safari
	
				oEvent = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
				oEvent.initEvent("submit", true, true);
				bSubmitForm = this.dispatchEvent(oEvent);
	
			}

			//	In IE and Safari, dispatching a "submit" event to a form 
			//	WILL cause the form's "submit" event to fire, but WILL  
			//	NOT submit the form.  Therefore, we need to call the 
			//	"submit" method as well.
		  
			if ((UA.ie || UA.webkit) && bSubmitForm) {
				this.submit();
			}

		}, this, true);

		oMenu.render(oMenu.cfg.getProperty("container"));

	}

};

var aMenuButton3MenuData = [
	{ text: "Option 1", value: "menubutton-3-1" },
	{ text: "Option 2", value: "menubutton-3-2" },
	{ text: "Option 3", value: "menubutton-3-3" }
];

var oMenuButton3 = new Button({ 
						id: "menubutton-3", 
						name: "menubutton-3",
						label: "<em class=\"yui-button-label\">Option 1</em>",
						type: "menu",  
						menu: aMenuButton3MenuData, 
						container: "menubutton-3-container" });

//	Register a "selectedMenuItemChange" event handler that will sync the 
//	Button's "label" attribute to the MenuItem that was clicked.

oMenuButton3.on("selectedMenuItemChange", onSelectedMenuItemChange);

oMenuButton3.on("appendTo", function () {

	var oMenu = this.getMenu();

	//	If a Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is set, the selected 
	//	MenuItem's name and value will be part of the form's data set 
	//	when its parent form is submitted.  For Buttons with Menus built
	//	entirely from script, the "selectedMenuItem" property is not 
	//	set by default.  To set the "selectedMenuItem" to a default 
	//	value, simply register a "render" event handler for the Button's
	//	Menu that sets the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute to the
	//	desired item in the Menu.

	oMenu.subscribe("render", onMenuRender, this);
	

	//	The items in a Button's Menu are lazy loaded by default: loaded 
	//	when the Button is initially clicked.  If the user never clicks 
	//	on the Button, its Menu will never be rendered, meaning the 
	//	"render" event handler registered above will never be called, 
	//	and the default value for the Button's "selectMenuItem"
	//	attribute will never be set.  Therefore, add a "submit" event 
	//	handler to the Button's parent form that will render the Menu 
	//	if the Button's "selectedMenuItem" attribute is not set.

	YAHOO.util.Event.on(this.getForm(), "submit", onFormSubmit, this);

});
</textarea>
<h2>Configuration for This Example</h2>

<p>You can load the necessary JavaScript and CSS for this example from Yahoo's servers.  <a href="http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/hosting/?menu&button&MIN#configure">Click here to load the YUI Dependency Configurator with all of this example's dependencies preconfigured</a>.</p>

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